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Irkutsk Slideshow
Irkutsk
Travel Blogs from Irkutsk, Russian Federation
Choo Choo
... keep you informed on whats happened since. Left moscow on the Friday at 11.30pm for the first leg of the trans siberian. We had a lovely russian couple in our cabin the first night who showed us the in's and out's of train life but they got off at 6.30 ...
Day 176 - Bye Bye, Baikal; Quick Hello, Irkutsk!
... accentuated the ‘edgy’ atmosphere in Irkutsk. Environment and alcohol aside, the people in Irkutsk came across as stoically ‘Russian’. Much has been made of the classical fatalism of Russian culture and on this day in ...
The Epic Trans-Siberian Railway
... to their hundreds of travel ancedotes made the trip to Lake Baikal (the world's largest lake by volume) a painful one. I arrived at a Russian's couple house very near the shore of Lake Baikal. Having not washed for 3 days I was looking forward to a ...
Riding the Russian Rails
... sufficient supplies to aid Moscow through a major emergency, and my joints were not happy! My limited Russian vocabulary ('hello', 'potato', 'thankyou') was not much help and neither was my feeble grasp of the Cyrillic ...
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Lake Baikal
... his ticket. This is where being an American comes in handy because you can respond in English "I don't understand" and walk away! Irkutsk in the evening is an interesting place. I guess the locals don't have enough money to go to bars so everyone ...
Lake Baikal
... or older. You dont see any of these girls at an older age..... I found out what they become..... They Become Baboooosshkaaas!!! (Russian for old ugly lady). "Insert song from Little Britain" Ba ba babooshka bababoshhkaa. Sorry. It has become my much used ...
Irkutsk
... from her ! I spent the next day and a half sorting out some travel plans for China and before long we were pulling into Irkutsk. The couch surfers were waiting for us and after a quick shower we headed out to get some Chinese dinner and then head to ...
A bumpy ride over the hills to Olkhon Island.
... the twinkling lights upon the river at night. An added bonus were the pool tables, but we steered clear of the Russian billiards. We really liked being in Irkutsk, it was very pleasant for me after being in Moscow. The drivers are just as crazy, but in ...
Irkoutsk, Siberia
... came true and i finally made it to Siberia :) I took the train Saturday night from Chyliabinsk and i arrive tuesday morning at Irkutsk. 56 hours train... In the wagon we were about 60 people and i'll say about 59 from Uzbekistan and Azerbaidjan...the ...
The Paris of Siberia, apparently
... hard up. Its up early and back to Irkutsk where we visit the Decemberists museum, pretty interesting about Russian ex liberal revolutionary exile's. Irkutsk is a strange city, its apparently called Paris of Siberia but perhaps I caught it on a bad ...
The Lake
After the train journey we somehow swindled a lift to the lake with a Swedish girl who was staying there too. We arrived at the lake early morning just as the sun was rising, there was not a cloud in the sky but it was freeeeeeeeeeezing! Somewhere around ...
Husky Dog Sledding
... and stresses, where we could relax and admire the beautiful scenery. We were not too excited about getting the bus back to Irkutsk, and could easily have stayed longer. The bus back was easy enough, but another nightmare getting the trams back to the ...
Bye-bye Baikal
... feeding people up and taking care of them. I'm glad I got that photo of her before I left. Next stop, homestay in Irkutsk. After Tamara's care and warmth the homestay in Irkutsk was a bit different. The family were nice enough but we were ...
Irkutsk
... cups and wooden "laughing buddas". After collection our mementos we headed back to catch the bus back to Irkutsk, but not before stopping at a Russian bakery for lunch. Here we had a variety pastries stuffed with beef, rice and egg, cabbage ...
Lake Baikal
OK I didn't actual stay here. But I did jump off the train and on again here. The highlight of the day was always when the train stopped. We all drive off the train and run around for 10 minutes collecting supply's which normally consisted of beer, ...
The Paris of Siberia
... Moscow, St. Petersburg would get most of what was left, and the table scraps would be divided between Irkutsk and the hundreds of other Russian cities that had worthy projects. It's understandable, but a shame nonetheless. It was obvious that ...
Siberia
... and Siberia. They sent many of their intellectuals and political prisoners to set up a Government funded Research Centre in Irkutsk which still operates today. We could not fathom until reading some of the history how any one could possibly ...
Siberia, eh?
... . So. Whatever. After brunch and a rest, I went out exploring. I went to a museum - the Irkutsk Regional Museum - but everything was in Russian so I couldn't really do more than look at the pictures. Then I went to check out ...
Pot-noodleing & backgammoning across Siberia
... attempt to upgrade our tickets to the more usual 2nd class which involved significant shoulder-shrugging, annoyed gesturing, gabbling in Russian, “Nyet, Nyet” and requests for millions of dollars from railway staff (only finished when a very ...
Sunburnt in Siberia!
... to a quick end. Tonight I will head over the bridge to the train station and get Train 362 from Irkutsk to Ulan Bator. This marks the end of my Russian experience and the start of my brief Mongolian insight. Before I go any further with that lets look at ...
Trans Mongolian: Train 362 Russia-Mongolia Border
... we decided to get some sleep. It was a fairly decent sleep although the beds on here are alot harder than those on the Russian trains (Mongilian Train). I've managed to observe that the carriage I am on is full of German tourists but luckily I got a ...
Irresistible Irkutsk
... bounds for the whole time. 5 hours into the stop we were desperate so we had to get off the train and find a bog. I'm sure Russian for toilet sounds something like 'toilet' but no one seemed to understand. Managed to find it just before it was too late. ...
Island Excursion
... the photos do most of the talking, though they don't come close to doing the places justice. After a good breakfast (eggs, fresh bread, Russian pancakes, porridge), we piled into an old Soviet van (like a VW for off-roading) - the 2 Austrians, 3 elderly ...
Siberia in the snow...
... i will make very short cause i'm really in hurry... In Ulaanbaatar, I met Jurek from Poland nickname ( Russian commander) this is another long story... He came to Irkutsk 1 week before me, we planed to meet but we didn't really knew how and ...
Dink Shrink Lake
... platform vendors this AM - butter dill potatos, raspberries, milk and potatobread. SCORE! Also realize the victuals I tendered in Irkutsk include carbonated mineral water, which I hadn't realized (I like carbonated water). This must be good stuff: ...
Trans Siberian Express part 1 Moscow to Irkutsk
7/7-11/7 2011 Trans Siberian Express Part 1 of 3 Moscow to Irkutsk 5185km 4 nights and 3 full days on the train crossing 5 time zones! On a plane you would fly this distance in under 10 hours, for us on the train it would be around 75 hours at an average ...
Trans-Siberian Railway
... Outer Mongolia and ends in Beijing, a total distance of almost 8,000 km. The first leg was a four day journey from Moscow to Irkutsk, the capital of Siberia. We were a little anxious about how we would spend four days stuck on a train with no showers and ...